4. This CSR has been generated and saved as server.csr. At this point you could send in the request to a CA, pay the fee, prove your identity, and then they would issue you a SSL certificate. All they need is the contents of server.csr which can be retrieved by using the cat command.

11. You will be asked for several pieces of info which will be used by GeoTrust to create your new SSL certificate. These fields include the Common Name (aka domain, FQDN), organization, country, key bit length, etc. Use the CSR Legend in the right-hand column of this page to guide you when asked for this information. The following characters should not be used when typing in your CSR input: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ / \ ( ) ? , &

13. Enter your site's Common Name. The Common Name is the fully-qualified-domain name for your web site or mail server. Whatever your end-user will see in their browser's address bar is what you should put in here. Do not include http:// nor https://. Refer to the CSR legend in the right-hand column of this page for examples. If this is wrong, your certificate will not work properly. Click Next.

14. Enter your Geographical Information for Country, State, and City. Do not abbreviate States and Cities. Click Next.

15. In the Certificate Request File Name box enter the path and file name where you want to save your CSR. You can use the default of c:\certreq.txt. Remember where you save it; you'll need to be able to find this CSR file later. Click Next.

16. Review the data on the Request File Summary screen and click Next.

17. Click Finish to complete the Wizard.

18. Now, from a simple text editor such as Notepad (do not use Word), open the CSR file you just created at c:\certreq.txt (your path/filename may be different). You will need to copy-and-paste the contents of this file, including the top and bottom lines, into the relevant box during the online order process.

2. In the IIS Manager, select the server node on the top left under Connections

3. In the Features pane (the middle pane), double-click the Server Certificates option located under the IIS or Security heading (depending on your current group-by view).

4. From the Actions pane on the top right, select Create Certificate Request. The Distinguished Name Properties dialog box opens.

5. You will be asked for several pieces of info which will be used by GeoTrust to create your new SSL certificate. These fields include the Common Name (aka domain, FQDN), organization, country, key bit length, etc. Use the CSR Legend in the right-hand column of this page to guide you when asked for this information. The following characters should not be used when typing in your CSR input: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ / \ ( ) ? , &

6. Enter your site's Common Name. The Common Name is the fully-qualified-domain name for your web site or mail server. Whatever your end-user will see in their browser's address bar is what you should put in here. Do not include http:// nor https://. Refer to the CSR legend in the right-hand column of this page for examples. If this is wrong, your certificate will not work properly.

8. Enter the rest of the fields using the CSR Legend on the right right-hand column of this page for guidance and examples.

9. Click Next to continue.

10. The next screen of the wizard asks you to choose cryptography options. The default Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptography Provider is fine and a key bit-length of 2048.

11. Click Next to continue.

12. Finally, specify a file name for the certificate request. It doesn't matter what you call it or where you save it as long as you know where to find it. You'll need it in the next step. We recommend calling it certreq.txt.

13. Click Finish to complete the certificate request (CSR) Wizard.

14. Now, from a simple text editor such as Notepad (do not use Word), open the CSR file you just created at c:\certreq.txt (your path/filename may be different). You will need to copy-and-paste the contents of this file, including the top and bottom lines, into the relevant box during the online order process.